Includes bibliographical references and index

Japan and Southeast Asia from the nineteenth century to present times / Teow See Heng [and three others] -- Locating "Southeast Asia" in early- and mid-Meiji Japan, 1870s-1890s / Teow See Heng -- Japanese perceptions of the Singapore naval base in the 1920s / Yamamoto Fumihito -- Syonan for children, representations of Nan'yo in Shonen Kurabu in the 1930s / Karl Ian Cheng Chua -- The debunking of bushido in the Philippines in the 1930s / Lydia N. Yu Jose -- A comparative study of Japanese cultural policies in Hong Kong and Singapore during the occupation period, 1942-1945 / Benjamin Wai-ming Ng -- Popularizing Japanese language during the Japanese occupation of Singapore, 1942-1945 / Guo Junhai -- Visual propaganda in the Philippines during the Second World War and Japanese occupation, 1941-1945 / Ricardo Trota Jose -- Japanese war reparations and the economic decolonization of Indonesia / Kurasawa Aiko -- Bridging Japanese cultural exchange endeavors / Takiguchi Ken -- Karayuki-san (prostitutes) in Japan-Southeast Asia relations / Teow See Heng and Yoshimura Mako -- Japan and Southeast Asia, continuity and change in modern times / Teow See Heng.